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  • Hey, everyone.

  • I'm Alex.

  • Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on: "Common WHO Questions in English".

  • That's right, today I am Dr. Who for you.

  • Woo, woo, woo, woo.

  • That was not too bad. Right? Okay.

  • So, today, if you've watched the other videos on common questions, this is the one for "Who?"

  • So, just like those videos, we're going to practice the pronunciation, the fluency, and

  • the structure of these questions.

  • So I don't want to waste any time.

  • Let's begin.

  • First one, a very philosophical question:

  • "Who am I?"

  • Okay?

  • So, this is also the title of a Jackie Chan movie, and it's also the title of another

  • movie I think from the 2000s that's also action-based.

  • So: Who am I?

  • You know, if you're ever 16 years old, if you're 17, you're looking up at your ceiling

  • while listening to whatever music kids listen to today, just: "Who am I?"

  • You know?

  • That's it.

  • Just think about it.

  • And: "Who are you?"

  • So, you know, if you meet someone for the first time or if you think someone is acting

  • rudely, you can be like: "Who are you?"

  • Okay? Or, like: "Who are you?

  • I don't know you."

  • Like: "Who are you?"

  • Are you, like, her brother or her sister, or who are you?

  • I don't know.

  • All right?

  • And: "Hey. Who's he?", "Who's she?",

  • "Who's this?", "Who's that?"

  • Okay?

  • So if you don't know someone and you're talking to a family member, a colleague, a friend,

  • co-worker, and you want to know because you want to meet someone or you're curious about

  • someone, and you can say:

  • "Hey. Who is that?", "Who is she?", "Who is he?", "Who's this?"

  • Okay?

  • All right, so these three because they're common, you know, they say:

  • "Who am I?", "Who are you?", "Who is she?", "Who is he?",

  • "Who is this?", "Who's that?"

  • I said them very quickly, and now I want you to repeat them after me.

  • So repeat after me: "Who am I?",

  • "Who are you?",

  • "Who's he?",

  • "Who's she?",

  • "Who's this?",

  • "Who's that?"

  • All right, very good.

  • Now, next, similar style of question: "Who is the _________?"

  • Here, you have many possibilities, many different titles that you can use in this question.

  • So: "Who's the president?"

  • If you... If you're travelling to a new country and you don't know about the political system

  • or the political leaders, or you're just curious about the political leader in a country or

  • a place, you can say: "Who's the prime minister there?", "Who's the president?",

  • "Who's the new guy?" or "the new girl", right?

  • So, if you're working in a company and someone new comes in,

  • and maybe you never met them

  • before, very common question:

  • "Hey. Who's the new guy?", "Who's the new girl?"

  • Like, where...? Where did they come from? Okay?

  • "Who's the teacher?"

  • So you're taking a class in university and you're looking at the name of the class, and

  • you're like: "Oh, this sounds interesting.

  • Who's the teacher?

  • Who teaches that class?"

  • Okay?

  • "Who's the leader?", "Who's the goalie?"

  • Right?

  • So if you're trying to gamble and make a bet on a team, and you want to know, you know,

  • in hockey or in soccer/football, depending on where you're from, you want to know:

  • "Hey. Who's the goalie for that team?

  • Who's in net?

  • Who's blocking the shots?"

  • Because if it's someone who's bad, then maybe I will bet on the other team.

  • Or: "Who's the boss?"

  • This is only a reference.

  • I only put this here to reference a 1990's TV show with Tony Danza, and I don't remember

  • the actress' name in the show.

  • She was Angela.

  • Who's the Boss?

  • Anyone?

  • If you're like under 25, you probably don't know.

  • I'm sorry.

  • Okay, and next, I drew a door.

  • Very common question if someone knocks on your door:

  • "Who's there?", "Who is it?"

  • Okay?

  • So, again, you can also say, you know: "Who's there?" or "Who is it?" if you hear someone

  • in a room and you thought you were alone, you can say, like: "Who's there?"

  • Also very common in horror movies or thrillers, like: "Who is it?

  • Who's there?"

  • Okay?

  • Next: "Who's coming?" or "Who's going?"

  • So, you know, your friend is having a birthday party and you want to know about how many

  • people will be there or who will be there, so you can ask: "Who's coming?"

  • or "Who's going? Who's going to the party?"

  • Okay?

  • All right.

  • Now, let's go back a little bit and repeat these with me.

  • So we'll do three and three.

  • "Who's there?",

  • "Who is it?",

  • "Who's coming?",

  • "Who's going?"

  • Okay?

  • And the last one on this side of the board:

  • "Who wants _________?"

  • So, again, if you are at work and you're going out for lunch maybe,

  • and you want to be nice

  • to your co-workers, you can say:

  • "Hey. Who wants pizza?

  • Who wants coffee?"

  • Who wants...?

  • This one: "Who wants more?"

  • Maybe if you're serving cake, you can say: "Who wants more?

  • Does anyone want more?"

  • But again: "Who wants coffee?"

  • Very common question, you know, among workmates and work colleagues if a person is going out

  • for lunch to get coffees.

  • So: "Who wants coffee?" Okay?

  • Or: "Who wants pizza?"

  • Maybe you have the pizza now.

  • "Who wants pizza?"

  • I wish I had pizza in my hands, but I don't.

  • Let's continue.

  • Okay, so: "Who wants to ________?"

  • Who wants to do something?

  • So, here: "Who wants something?"

  • Who wants, like, a thing, a noun usually.

  • Or: "Who wants to do something?"

  • So: "Who wants to help?",

  • "Who wants to go?",

  • "Who wants to come?"

  • Okay?

  • So you can ask in general to the people in a room, like:

  • "Hey. Who wants to help me?",

  • "Who wants to do my homework?",

  • "Who wants to go to the movie?"

  • for example.

  • So because these are fairly similar, repeat after me.

  • "Who wants coffee?",

  • "Who wants more?",

  • "Who wants to help?",

  • "Who wants to go with me?"

  • The person is here, that's why I'm looking there. Right?

  • So, next, maybe...

  • Imagine your friend tells you a story about another friend, and they do something ridiculous.

  • They did something that seems unbelievable,

  • and you listen to the story and you say: "Who does that?

  • That's ridiculous. That is not normal."

  • Okay?

  • So: "Who does that?"

  • This is usual a reaction of surprise and shock to something where you just don't understand

  • how or who would do something like that.

  • Okay? So: "Who does that?"

  • All right?

  • So, for example, someone who maybe texts you a message and asks you a question, and you

  • answer them and then they don't answer you for five days or something and you're like:

  • "Who does that?

  • Five days? Come on.

  • You asked me a question. Now I want to know why."

  • All right?

  • So: Who did...?

  • Next: "Who did this?", "Who did that?", "Who did it?"

  • So maybe you're at a museum or, you know, you're looking at a piece of artwork,

  • you can say: "Oh. Who did this?" or "Who did that?"

  • Who did...?

  • "Who did it?"

  • Maybe you're looking at some graffiti on a wall by your house, you can say:

  • "Who did this?", or: "Who did it?",

  • "Who did that?"

  • Or you've heard about a crime, for example, you can say: "Who did that?",

  • or: "Who did it?", "Who did this?"

  • Okay?

  • So let's repeat after me with these questions.

  • This one, imagine that I have told you something really, really shocking about my friend and

  • you ask me the question:

  • "Who does that?"

  • Okay? Next: "Who did this?",

  • "Who did that?",

  • "Who did it?"

  • Okay, good.

  • And next, this is a question that's very confrontational.

  • Now, when I say "confrontational", it means you want to create,

  • like a fight with a person

  • maybe, maybe an argument.

  • So: "Who do you think you are?"

  • Okay?

  • So if someone goes in front of you and challenges you,

  • challenges your opinion or your authority,

  • or calls you bad names or insults you, you can say: "You're insulting me.

  • Who do you think you are?

  • Who are you?"

  • Okay?

  • So, this is a question that you ask when you're really offended

  • usually, and the person in

  • front of you, you think, like: "Who is this person?

  • Why are you...? Why are you talking this way to me?"

  • Okay?

  • So repeat after me and try to sound like disgusted, okay?

  • Like: "Who do you think you are?"

  • Okay.

  • I hope you said that in a room by yourself without other people around you.

  • Okay?

  • And let's do the next one:

  • "Who won?",

  • "Who lost?"

  • So this is a common question if you watch sports.

  • So if you watched, you know, the soccer game last night, the hockey game, the baseball

  • game, the football game, whatever, you can ask:

  • "Hey. Who won?" or "Who lost?"

  • Or maybe you're watching a UFC match or

  • a World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE fight between

  • John Cena and the Undertaker.

  • Very few people understand that reference, but it's okay.

  • So: "Who won?", "Who lost?"

  • Okay?

  • So repeat after me very quickly:

  • "Who won?",

  • "Who lost?"

  • Okay.

  • And: "Who's with me?"

  • Now, this is something you would say if you state an opinion

  • or you state a plan, and

  • you're trying to inspire people to agree with you or to follow you in something.

  • So, maybe in a movie, you know, someone gives a very inspirational speech, saying:

  • "We're going to get those guys because they are bad.

  • Who's with me?"

  • Okay? So: "Who's going to follow me?"

  • Okay?

  • "Anyone? Anyone?

  • Who's with me?

  • Who's with me?"

  • Or if you say something that's, you know, a little funny or controversial or you want

  • people to agree with you, you can say:

  • "Who's with me? Huh? Huh?

  • Are you with me? Who's with me?"

  • Okay?

  • And finally: "Who's in?"

  • Now, "Who's in?"

  • this is usually used when you propose a plan to go out with your friends

  • or to go out with, you know, some family members and you say:

  • "Okay, I want to watch..."

  • I don't know, let's make up a movie.

  • "I want to watch Star Wars episode 12", because now is the year 2027 or something.

  • "I want to watch Star Wars episode 12.

  • Who's in?

  • I want to watch it tonight.

  • Who's in?"

  • Who wants to come with me?

  • Okay? Who wants to go?

  • So, repeat after me these two:

  • "Who's with me?",

  • "Who's in?"

  • Okay. I like this one a lot, so let's say it dramatically

  • and think of, you know, think that you're

  • like Leonidas from 300 and you've just spoken to the Spartans: "Who's with me?"

  • That feels good, feels very good.

  • Okay.

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